Eine Kurzanalyse der Präsentation des neuen Regierungsprogramms hier nachzulesen.

Interview

In the past, far-right parties would have been ostracised, but now it’s a question of how to accommodate them. My latest op-ed for TRT World. Read here

On the rise of Islamophobia in Austria interviewed by National Public Radio  

The same vitriolic language pre-war anti-Semites used about Jews is now being used against Muslims in today’s Austria. Both the far right and centrist parties want Jews to join an ‘enlightened’ Judeo-Christian front against the Muslim ‘other’. Read more here

Von der ‘Verjudung’ zur ‘Islamisierung’. Mein Kommentar zum NIederösterreichischen Wahlkampf hier zum Nachlesen

This week, Austria’s new centre-right and right-wing coalition published its programme for government. This programme does not view Muslims through the lens of human rights and freedom of religion as people to be protected and people who are particularly affected by racism. Instead, they are very obviously cast in the role of a potential threat. […]

Mein Kommentar zur Islampolitik im neuen Regierungsprogramm von Türkis-Blau hier zur Nachlese.

My latest op-ed on the Belgium government’s attempt to take control over Brussels’s largest downtown mosque. Read here

Belgium’s government is currently discussing the take over of Brussel’s Grand Mosque. Watch the live debate here